Even If It Takes a Bloodbath.
"These so-called "peace rallies" across America have been a haven for negroes, sex deviants, communist sympathizers, and godless students only interested in chaos. My Administration will restore order to this great country, even if it takes a bloodbath. No more appeasement."
- President-elect Ronald Reagan. November 26th, 1968.
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Reagan initially supported the 1964 Civil Rights Act and said he believed it "should be enforced at gunpoint if necessary." He was not a racist, regardless of whatever liberals may say.
Errr...no, he opposed the civil rights act of 1964, at least in every single source I've found. It was on bullsh*t "state's rights" grounds. And he campaigned with Strom Thurmond (who never renounced his own racism) and opposed sanctions on apartheid South Africa. Oh, and he also called Mandela a terrorist.